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navaburo

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From: NYC

Registered: 2009-01-18

Posts: 11

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VirtualBox fails to run after upgrade

After upgrading VirtualBox (binary) from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2 yesterday it fails to start with a pop-up error message:

Failed to create VirtualBox COM object.
Callee RC:  NS_ERROR_ABORT (0x80004004)

I did run vbox_build_module and follow the other instructions.

This thread: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=13626 leads me to believe that this issue is related to HAL.

I have downgraded to 2.1.0, by running:

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/virtualbox_bin-2.1.0-1.pkg.tar.gz

and am happily again using Rosetta Stone. However, I would not like my system to become out-of-date. Any tips?

Thanks,
Chris

foutrelis

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-07-28

Posts: 705

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Re: VirtualBox fails to run after upgrade

Have a look at the VirtualBox User FAQ.

The same problem happens after uninstalling / upgrading from VirtualBox 2.1.0. The solution is

  rm -rf /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt

navaburo

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From: NYC

Registered: 2009-01-18

Posts: 11

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Re: VirtualBox fails to run after upgrade

I uninstalled virtualbox 2.1.0, then tried to rm the /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt, but the dkms directory did not exist. After installing 2.1.2, the directory still does not exist....

michaelks

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Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 68

Re: VirtualBox fails to run after upgrade

Try rm -r /tmp/.vbox-<user>-ipc , i use it whenever that message appears.